Flexible doll head and eye set therefor



Aug. 25, 1936. s. MARCUS 2,051,875

FLEXIBLE DOLL HEAD ANDIEYE SET THEREFOR Filed Nov. 4, 1932 IIIIH ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 25, 1936 UNITED STATES FLEXIBLE DOLL HEAD AND EYE SET THEREFOR Samuel Marcus, Belle Harbor, N. Y., assignor to Margon Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 4, 1932, Serial No. 641,205 18 Claims. (Cl. 46 -169) This invention relates to dolls, particularly dolls having flexible heads made, for example, of rubber, and especially to such dolls provided. with V movable eyes, as well as eye set mechanism used therein.

Dolls having body or/and head parts made of flexible material such as rubber, have proved popular because of their closer resemblance to a natural child. Such flexible heads have not commonly been provided with movable eyes because of extreme and more or less self-evident difiiculties which arise because of the flexible nature of the head. The primary and general object of the present invention resides in the provision of appropriate eye set mechanism especially designed for use in flexible heads.

If an ordinary type of extension bridge is used in connection with a rubber head, distortion of the head may cause dislodgment of the eye set. Even if the tangs on the eye set are made of the barbed type described in my copending application Ser. No. 634,315, filed Sept. 22, 1932, so that the individual tangs are hooked in the material of the head, dificulty may nevertheless arise because compression of the side walls of the head tends to slide the tang plates toward one another, thereby distorting the head or else dislodging the eye set. Even if the eye set is provided with separate side plates instead of a cross bridge, sideward compression of the head causes difficulty because it may be transmitted to the eye members, with consequent displacement of the same. One important object of the present invention is to overcome the foregoing difliculties and to provide an eye set mechanism or fitting which extends across and acts as a positive spacer means between'the side walls of the head, thereby preventing squeezing together of the side walls of the head at the temples, and consequently protecting the oscillatable eye set against injury, displacement, or dislodgment.

In the case of the rubber head, as in the case or a rigid head, it is'desirable and convenient to be able to insert and mount the eye set fitting in the dolls head through the neck opening of the head. It is also advantageous to be able to locate the point of attachment of the fitting with reference to the eye openings in the head by actually placing the eye shells in the eye openings when at taching the fitting. Further objects of the present invention are to fulfil the foregoing desiderata while utilizing the improved types of fitting herein disclosed. For this purpose I find it both feasible and desirable to divide the fitting so that a spacer means is provided separate from and additional'to the tanged support means which supportthe eye set in place. The spacer means is preferably suitably related to the support means to permit subsequent insertion of the sup port means and interlocking of the support means-and spacer means to'hold the same in desired assembled relation.

Furtherobjects of the present invention center about its application to illustrative species, specifically, a first form utilizing separate side plates, and asecond form utilizing an extension bridge. Still further objects are to protect the eye shells against pressure applied immediately adjacent the same, and; in the case of the extension bridge, to prevent displacement or retraction of the tang plates. Still another object of the presentinvention is to stiffen or support the rear or scalp portion of the head so that compression of the head is prevented not only at the temples immediately adjacent the eye set, but also around the rear of the head.

To the accomplishment of theforegoing and such other objects as will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the flexible rubber dolls head and eye set supporting elements, and their relation one to the other as hereinafter are more particularly described in the specification and sought to be defined in the claims. 'I'he'specification is accompanied by a drawing, in which:

Fig; 1 is a vertical section'taken through a head embodying one form of my invention; v Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken in. the plane of the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; 5 I V Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line 3-3v in Fig. 1, but showing the manner in which the cross bar is added to the support means of the eye set;

Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the support means and spacer bar in assembled relation;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through a second form of doll head embodying features of my invention; and I i Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken in theplane of the line 66 in Fig. 5.

Referringto the drawing, my invention is there illustrated in two forms: the first form being drawn in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawing; and the second form being shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawing; The second form as illustrated itself comprehends a number of features of invention Which may be employed inthe alternative as well as conjointly, so that several species of the invention are illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawing.

I Referring to'all of the figures 01' the drawing,

the invention is generically characterized by the fact that a doll head H is provided with a movable eye set E which is oscillatably supported by eye set mounting and head stifiening means including tang plates T bearing tangswhich are embedded in the material of the dolls head, and positive spacer means 5 or P for stiffening the head against compression. In the arrangement shown in Figs.

5 and 6 the stiffening plate P may be used in lieu of the spacer means S as well as in addition thereto as now illustrated. In other words, as applied to Figs. 5 and 6 the spacer means may be the cross bar S and the plate P, or the latter alone. In all cases the parts mate or interlock.

Considered in another generic aspect, the present invention comprises a head H, an eye set E, and eye set mounting and head stiffening means arranged in two separate parts intended for successive insertion in the head. In the arrangement of Figs. 1 to 4 the first part consists of the tang plates T which oscillatably support the eye set E and which are suflicient in themselves for that purpose, while the second part consists of the spacer bar S which is inserted in the head after the tang plates have been mounted in place, the spacer bar and tang plates being interlocked to hold them in the assembled relation. In the arrangement of Figs. 5 and 6 the first part of the fitting includes the support bridges with the slidable tang plates T, and this suifices in itself to oscillatably support the eye set E. The second part consists of the stiffening plate P which is arranged to be inserted in the head after the eye set and bridge have been mounted in place, and here again the first and second parts of the fitting are arranged with appropriate mating or interlocking means for holding the same in assembled relation.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 4, the head H is a flexible head made, for example, of rubber, and is provided with eye openings l2. The eye set E includes eye shells I4 mounted on a cross rod l6 which in turn carries a depending gravity weight H3. The eye shells l4 and their mode of attachment to cross rod 16 may be of conventional type, the eye shells preferably being permitted a degree of self-adjustment on the cross rod. The ends of cross rod l6 are supported in arms 20 which extend forwardly from tang plates T. The ends of the cross rod are preferably upset, as is indicated at 22, in order to hold the cross rod and tang plates in assembled relation during shipment, mounting, and use of the fitting. The tang plates are further provided with upwardly and downwardly extending arms 24 the ends of which are provided with prongs or tangs 26. These tangs are preferably directed toward one another when embedded in the material of the head, so that they come into mutually locking formation. This is best brought out in Fig. 2 in which it will be understood that the initial position of the arms is illustrated in broken lines at 24,, whereas when the arms are forced outwardly against the side walls of the head, they assume the full line position 24, the tangs 26 meanwhile converging toward one another in the material of the head.

No tool has been illustrated for applying the tang plates to the head, but it may be briefly pointed out that a tool may be used generally resembling that described in my copending application Ser. No. 641,206 filed November 4, 1932, consisting of a standard expansion plier mechanism such as is used for extension bridges of the kind shown in Fig. 6, together with an attachment supported on the end of the extension plier mechanism and provided with appropriate hearing or abutment surfaces for pressing against the side plates, but in the present case the abutment surfaces bear against the four arms 24 at each side of the head. A degree of looseness or recession of the eye shells [4 in the eye openings [2 may be obtained by using a special support on the mounting tool which blocks up the cross rod relative to the side plates during the mounting operation. In fact, the holes in the side plates may be elongated or slot-like. It will further be understood that the protective mask described in my aforesaid copending application is preferably used during the mounting operation, such a mask being indicated at M in Figs. 3 and 4 and comprising a rigid outer shell or casing 30 the inner wall of which is open and which is filled with a set molded material such as plaster of Paris, this filling being indicated at 32. The mask is molded against and conforms accurately to the particular type of head being operated upon, and imparts to the front and side walls thereof in the region of the eye set a rigidity fully equal to that of a rigid head. The mask is preferably provided with windows 34 exposing'the eye openings l2 and eye shells i 4 during the mounting operation.

Each of the side plates T is provided with an interlock aperture 36, (see Fig. 1) and the edge of said aperture is preferably dished outwardly to slightly space the side plate from the abutting side wall of the head. This dishing is evident from an inspection of Fig. 1, and the resulting spacing of the side plate is clearly shown in Figs. 2, -3, and 4. These features have to do with interlocking the spacer bar S to the side plate T, as will next be described.

The spacer bar S is rigid and dimensioned to extend between the side walls and to prevent compression of the same toward one another. In the present case it is made of a piece of sheet metal 40 the upper and lower edges of which are bent over to form flanges 42, thereby stiffening the member because of the resulting channel formation. The ends of the spacer bar are bent forwardly to form end flanges 44, best shown in Fig. 3. When the bar is mounted in place, these flanges are inserted between the side plates and the head, as will be clearlyevident from a comparison of Fig. 3 with Fig. 4. It is to facilitate this insertion that the side plates are preferably initially spaced slightly from the side walls of the head, as was previously pointed out.

The spacer bar is further provided with hooks 46 located within the end flanges 44 and initially bent inwardly or toward one another, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3. These hooks are most simply formed by striking up a part of the material of the spacer member, leaving open slots 48 best shown in Fig. 2. When the spacer bar is inserted in place, the hooks 46 are bent outwardly and penetrate the apetures 36 in the side plates, thereby interlocking the spacer bar and side plates.

To add the spacer bar to the already attached side plates, an appropriate tool may be used which preferably is a simple hand tool in the form of expansion pliers. This tool is indicated in Fig. 3; and comprises oppositely movable plier arms 50 fulcrumed at 52 and each bearing a preferably biased pin 54. Pins 54 are adapted to extend through the slots 48 in the spacer bar and hold the same on the plier, the latter being passed through the neck opening of the doll and used to place the spacer bar in desired position. By then expanding the pliers the pins 54 are forced against hooks 45 and interlock the same with the side plates. The flanges 46 meanwhile tend to prevent spreading apart of the side plates, which is desirable if the head is removed from the protective mask M before adding the spacer bar.

However, the mask and head may be left in ashead will be protected by the mask during the addition of the spacer bar.

From an inspection of the assembly shown in Fig. 4, it will be evident that by the addition of the spacer bar to the simple side plates, the sides of the head are directly supported against compression toward one another by the end flanges M; the side plates are directly supported against compression toward one another by the hooks 48 as well as the ends of the top and bottom flanges 52; and the side plates and sides of the head are prevented from expanding. outwardly because the end flanges 4 hold the side plates in tension.

While the side plate shown in the present form of the invention differs somewhat from that illustrated in my copending applications heretofore referred to, it will be understood thatthe spacer means of the present inventionmay, with very slight modification, be applied tothe form of side plate shown in the aforesaid copending applications, it being simply necessary to provide the side plate and spacer bar with any desired form of interlocking means permitting ade dition of the spacer bar subsequent to mounting of the side plate in the head. It will also be understood that while the tangs here illustrated are not barbed, it is possible to use barbed tangs such as are illustrated in my prior applications, if desired.

Referring now to Figs. and 6 of the drawing, the eye set E may be of conventional type including eye shells and a depending gravity weight mounted on a cross rod 60; but the cross rod 69 is preferably elongated so that the ends 62 thereof project a substantial distance beyond the outor walls of the eye shells. This is of advantage because any compression of the head localized to the region just outside of the eye shells will be received by the end of the cross rod and thus prevents the eye shell from being displaced along the cross rod. Of course, if the eye shell is of the self-adjustable type, a limited movement will not injure the eye set, but considerable movement will displace the mean position of the eye shell on the cross rod, and such displacement must, of course, be avoided.

The eye set is supported on an extension bridge which, for the most part,-is similar to that described in my copending applications heretofore referred to, said bridge comprising a channel member 64 having forwardly extending bifurcated arms 66 which support cross rod 60, and carrying a pair of tang plates T frictionally slidable therein. The tang plates are provided at their outer extremities with preferably barbed tangs '63 and stop lugs 10. The tang plates are also apertured at 12, first, to receive the pins of expansion plier mechanism when extending the bridge to mount the same in the head; and secondly to receive mating tongues on plate P if it is desired to use the said plate. Conventional resilient means 'M'may be interposed between the bridge and the eye set so as to yie'idably urge the eye members into engagement with the eye openings of the head.

The channel member 64 is elongated and dimensioned to just fit between the side walls of the head so that the ends of the channel member bear against the side walls of the head and act as a positive stop for limiting compression of the head. 'Of course, with an elongated channel member such as is here described, it is essential that the tang plates be retracted entirely within the channel member when mounting the same in the head, and it is therefore necessary, first,

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that the tangs 68 fit within the channel member; and secondly, that the stops be sufficiently small in dimension to slide along the channel member.

It will be evident,. without further description, that the bridge may be placed upon the usual expansion plierfixture, the head placed over the eyes in the usual manner, a protective mask preferably being employed as described in my priorapplications, and the tool then operated to extend the bridge and embed the tangs in the material of the head. The tangs if spurred, as is preferably the case, will hold tenaciously in the material of the head. Compression of the side walls of the head, instead of simplyforcing the tang plates toward one another and thereby tending to release the bridge, is effectively prevented by the rigid channel member 64, which then acts as an effective spacer bar, just as in the case of the spacer bar S described in connection with Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawing.

The head is preferably further provided with spacer means in the form of a stiffening plate P. This plate extends generally horizontally and rearwardly from the bridge to the rear wall of the head. The plate is formed from sheet metal, and its outer edge 80 is curved to conform to the shape of the inner wall of the head, while its forward edge is dimensioned and shaped to bear against the extension bridge. The outer wall 86 is preferably flanged, as shown at 82, to provide a broad bearing surface, and the rear wall of the head is preferably thickened and recessed, as is indicated at 84, to receive and hold the rear edge of the plate in desired position.

The plate P and the extension bridge are preferably provided with mating means for holding the same in proper assembled relation. In the present case the plate is provided with forwardly extending lugs or tongues 86 so located as to mate with the holes 12 in the tang plates. Inasmuch as the forwardly extending arms 66 are struck from the front wall of channel member 64, ample space is provided permitting penetration of tongues 86 through the entire bridge. The center of the plate B may be cut away, as shown at 88, in order to save metal, and the front wall may be cut away or recessed, as shown at 90, so as to accommodate the preferably notched end of an arm or tool 92 which may be used when mounting the plate in the head. Thus, referring to Fig. 5, the plate is forced through the neck opening with its rounded edge foremost, the opening being elastic and stretching to receive The rear edge of the plate is then pushed into recess 84 at the back of the head, after which the notched end of arm 92 is applied to recess 90 and forced rearwardly from the broken line position 92, P' shown in Fig. 5, until aligned with the bridge, when it will. snap into place under the elastic force of the rubber head. The dimensions of the plate, of course, are made such as to keep the head under tension and thereby insure secure mounting of the plate within the head. r

The forward side edges of the plate are preferably dimensioned to flt just inside of stop lugs ii! on tang'plates T, as is indicated at 94 in Fig. 6 of the drawing. With such a construction the plate P serves not only to prevent compression of the side walls of the head at th rear part of the head, but also effectively prevents any movement of the tang plates toward one another, and thus accomplishes in anotherway the function. heretofore attributed to the elongated channel member or spacer bar S. It will thus be readily apparent that if the plate P is added to the bridge, it is not essential for the channel member 64 to be elongated in the manner heretofore described. If, on the other hand, the'channel member is elongated, it is not essential to add 'the'plate P; and if the plate P is added, in order to stiffen the rear portion of the head, it is not essential that the forward edges 94 of the plate be dimensioned to fill the space between the stop lugs 10. Both precautions have been illustrated in the arrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and may, of course, be employed, the arrangement then having the advantage of making the same bridge utilizable regardless of whether or not the stifiening plate is subsequently added. 5

It is believed that the mode of constructing and using the improved forms of flexible dolls head fitted with eye set supporting and head stifiening means, as well as the many advantages thereof, will, for the most part, be apparent from the foregoing detailed description. be apparent that while I have shown and described my invention in preferred forms, many changes and modifications may be made in the structures disclosed. without departing from the spirit of the invention, defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A fitting for use with a flexible rubber dolls head, said fitting comprising a movable eye set, complete support means for supporting the same wi.-1in the dolls head, said support means including tang plates having tangs adapted to be embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and

spacer means additional to the support means and designed to prevent compression of the sides of the head near the aforesaid eye set.

2. The combination with a flexible dolls head provided with eye openingrgof a movable eye'set, complete support means for supporting the same within the dolls head, said support means-including tang plates having tangs embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and spacer means additional to the support means and preventing compression of the sides of the head near the aforesaid eye set.

3. The combination with a flexible rubber dolls head provided with eye openings, of a movable eye set, complete support means for supporting the same within the dolls head, said support means including tangs embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, positive spacer means additional to the support means and extending between said tang plates and bearing against the same, and means holding the support means and spacer means in assembled relation.

4. A fitting designed for use in a flexible dolls head, said fitting comprising an eye set, eye set supporting means, and head stifiening means, the supporting means including means to oscillatably support the eye set and tangs adapted to be embedded in the material of the dolls head when mounting the eye set and supporting means in the head, and said stifiening means being rigid and properly dimensioned to stiffen the head and adapted for insertion in the head subsequent to insertion of the support means, and being provided with means engaging and mating with the support means in order to lock the stiffening means and support means together within the head.

5. An eye set mounting and head stiffening fltting designed for use in a flexible rubber dolls head, said fitting comprising an eye set, eye set It will further supporting means, and head stiffening means, the eye set including a pair of eye shells mounted on a cross rod carrying a depending gravity weight, the supporting means including means to oscillatably support the eye set and oppositely movable tangs adapted to be embedded in the material of the dolls head when mounting the eye set and supporting means in the head, and said stiffening means being arranged to be added to the support means subsequent to mounting of the eye set and support means in the head, said stiffening means being rigid and properly dimensioned to stiffen the head and being provided with means engaging and mating with the support means in order to lock the stiffening means and support means together within the head.

6. The combination with a flexible dolls head having eye openings, of a movable eye set, means for supporting said eye set in the dolls head, and spacer 'means for protectively rigidifying the head, said supporting'means including means to oscillatably support the eye set, and relatively movable tangs embedded in the material of the dolls head, and said spacer means being rigid and properly dimensioned to stiffen the head in the region of the eye set and adapted for insertion in the head subsequent to insertion of the support means.

7. The combination with a flexible rubber dolls head having eye openings, of a movable eye set, means for supporting said eye set in the dolls head, and spacer means'for protectively rigidifying the head, said eye set comprising eye shells mounted on a cross rod having a depending gravity weight, said supporting means including means 3 to oscillatably support the eye set, and relatively movable tangs embedded in the material of the dolls head, and said spacer means being rigid and properly dimensioned to stifien the head and being provided with means engaging and mating with the support means in order to lock the support means and spacer means together within the head.

8. A fitting for'use with a flexible dolls head, said fitting comprising an eye set, complete mounting means for said eye set including a pair of side plates each bearing an end of the eye set, said plates having a plurality of tangs adapted to be embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and also having interlock means, and stiffening means additional to the mounting means and including a cross bar and interlock means for mating with the aforesaid interlock means on the side plates.

9. An eye set mounting and head stiffening fitting for use with a flexible rubber dolls head. said fitting comprising an eye setincluding a cross rod carrying eye shells and a depending gravity weight, mounting means for said eye set including a pair of side plates each having a forwardly extending arm bearing an end of the cross rod, said plates having a plurality of tangs adapted to be embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and also having an interlock aperture, and stiffening means including a channel cross bar having forwardly bent end flanges adapted to slide between the side plat-es and the material of the dolls head after said side plates have been mounted in the head, and a pair of outwardly bendable hooks so located within the end flanges that upon being bent outwardly they enter the aforesaid interlock apertures in the side plates and thus lock together the previously inserted side plates and the subsequently added cross bar.

10. The combination with a flexible dolls head of an eye set, complete mounting means for said eye set including a pair of side plates each bearing an end of the eye set, each of said plates having a plurality of tangs embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and also having interlock means, and stiffening means additional to the mounting means and including a cross bar and interlock means mating with the aforesaid interlock means on the side plates.

11. The combination with a flexible rubber dolls head of an eye set including a cross rod carrying eye shells and 2. depending gravity weight, complete mounting means for said eye set including a pair of side plates each having a forwardly extending arm bearing an end of the cross rod, said plates having a plurality of tangs embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and also having an interlock aperture, and stiffening means additional to the mounting means and including a channel cross bar having forwardly bent end flanges positioned between the side plates and the material of the dolls head, and a pair of hooks located within the end flanges and bent outwardly into the aforesaid interlock apertures in the side plates.

12. A fitting for use with a flexible dolls head, comprising an eye set, support means, and a spacer plate of substantial area, said support means including means for oscillatably supporting the eye set, and tangs adapted to be embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and said spacer plate being adapted for insertion in the dolls head subsequent to mounting of the support means in the head, the out-er edge of said plate being dimensioned to conform to the outline of the inner wall of the head in the plane of the plate, and the forward edge of said plate being dimensioned to bear against and mate with the support means.

13. An eye set mounting and head stiffening fitting for use with a flexible rubber dolls head, comprising an eye set, a supporting bridge, and a spacer plate of substantial area extending rearwardly from said bridge, said eye set including a cross rod carrying eye shells and a depending gravity weight, said supporting bridge including a channel cross member having forwardly extending bifurcated arms for oscillatably supporting the eye set, and outwardly movable tang plates adapted to be spread apart and embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and said spacer plate being adapted for insertion in the dolls head subsequent to mounting of the supporting bridge in the head, the outer edge of said plate being dimensioned to conform to the outline of the inner wall of the head in the plane of the plate, and the forward edge of said plate being dimensioned to bear against the bridge.

14. An eye set mounting and head stiffening fitting for use with a flexible rubber dolls head, comprising an eye set, a supporting bridge, and a spacer plate extending rearwardly from said bridge, said eye set including a cross rod carrying eye shells and a depending gravity weight, said supporting bridge including a channel cross member having forwardly extending bifurcated arms for oscillatably supporting the eye set, and outwardly movable tang plates adapted to be spread apart and embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and said spacer plate being adapted for insertion in the dolls head subsequent to mounting of the supporting bridge in the head, the outer edge of said plate being dimensioned to conform to the inner wall of the head, and the forward edge of said plate being dimensioned'to bear against the bridge, said plate and bridge further including mating lugs and recesses for'locking the plate and bridge together.

15. An eye set mounting and head stiffening fitting for use with a flexible dolls head, comprising an eye set, a supporting bridge, and a spacer plate, said supporting bridge including a channel cross member having forwardly extending arms for oscillatably supporting the eye set, and outwardly movable tang plates adapted to be spread apart and embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and said spacer plate being adapted for insertion in the dolls head subsequent to mounting of the supporting bridge in the head, the outer edge of said plate being dimensioned to conform to the inner wall of the head, and the forward edge of said plate being dimensioned to bear against the bridge, the channel member of the bridgebeing dimensioned to bear against the side walls of the dolls head in order to prevent displacement of the tang plates.

16. The combination with a flexible rubber dolls head of an eye set, a supporting bridge, and a spacer plate, said supporting bridge including a channel cross member having forwardly extending arms for oscillatably supporting the eye set, and outwardly movable tang plates embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, the outer edge of said spacer plate being dimensioned to conform to the inner wall of the head, and the forward edge of said plate being dimensioned to bear against the bridge, and means to prevent displacement of the tang plates, said means including rearwardly extending stop lugs on the tang plates and means on said spacer plate coming between said stop lugs and preventing movement of the same toward one another.

17. The combination with a flexible rubber dolls head of an eye set, a supporting bridge, and a spacer plate extending rearwardly from said bridge, said eye set including a cross rod carrying eye shells and a depending gravity Weight, said supporting bridge including a channel cross member having forwardly extending bifurcated arms for oscillatably supporting the eye set, and movable tang plates embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, and said spacer plate being dimensioned to conform to the inner wall of the head, the forward edge of said plate bearing against the bridge, said plate and bridge including mating lugs and recesses locking the same together, and said head including a locating recess for receiving the rear edge of the plate.

18. A fitting for use with a flexible rubber dolls head, said fitting comprising a movable eye set, complete support means itself adequate for supporting the same within the dolls head, said support means including tang plates adapted to be embedded in the side walls of the dolls head, positive spacer means additional to the support means and adapted to extend between said tang plates to definitely fix the spacing therebetween, and means for holding the support means and spacer means in assembled relation.

SAMUEL MARCUS. 

